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The Daily Dispatch: October 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Late Northern war News. (search)
shington correspondent of the Springfield Republican writes as follows: Mrs. Lincoln is a very active woman.--Nothing escapes her eye. She manages the affairs of the White House (I do not mean State affairs) with ability, and will see to it that the "old man" does not return to Springfield penniless. In foreign countries her turn for politics would not subject her to adverse criticism; but the American people are so unused to these things, that it is not easy for them to like it. Mrs. Douglas was a good deal of a politician, but rather improved it by her social alliances. Miss Lane never alluded to politics, and Mrs. Pierce knew nothing about them. She was probably the most simple-hearted woman that ever presided at the Presidential table. The word "simple" is not used in a depreciative sense. She was a pure-minded, unselfish, Christian woman, and knew nothing at all of the world. A concert at Gen. Banks's headquarters. A correspondent of the Worcester Spy, wri